Key Events Leading to the Civil War

The video covers key events leading to the Civil War, starting with the Missouri Compromise, which maintained a balance between slave and free states. It then discusses the Compromise of 1850, which admitted California as a free state and introduced the controversial Fugitive Slave Law. The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed states to decide on slavery through popular sovereignty, leading to violence in Kansas. The Dred Scott decision denied citizenship to African Americans and invalidated the Missouri Compromise. The rise of the Republican Party and the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860 led to Southern secession and the formation of the Confederate States, setting the stage for the Civil War.

What was the main purpose of the Missouri Compromise?

• To introduce the Fugitive Slave Law

• To allow California to enter as a free state

• To end the slave trade in Washington D.C.

• To maintain the balance between slave and free states

What was a significant consequence of the Fugitive Slave Law?

• It ended slavery in the North

• It made it a federal crime to assist runaway slaves

• It allowed slaves to sue for their freedom

• It banned the slave trade in all states

What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act introduce?

• The abolition of slavery in all territories

• The Fugitive Slave Law

• The Missouri Compromise

• The concept of popular sovereignty

What was the main cause of violence in Bleeding Kansas?

• The enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Law

• The Dred Scott decision

• Conflicts between anti-slavery and pro-slavery settlers

• Disputes over land ownership

What was the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case?

• Slavery was banned in all territories

• Slaves could not sue for their freedom

• The Missouri Compromise was constitutional

• African Americans could be citizens

What was a key outcome of the Dred Scott decision?

• It allowed popular sovereignty in all states

• It ended the Fugitive Slave Law

• It granted citizenship to African Americans

• It declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional

Why was the Republican Party formed in 1858?

• To support the Fugitive Slave Law

• To oppose the Kansas-Nebraska Act

• To promote the Dred Scott decision

• To support the Missouri Compromise

What was John Brown's goal at Harpers Ferry?

• To negotiate a peace treaty

• To start a slave rebellion

• To support the Dred Scott decision

• To promote the Kansas-Nebraska Act

What was significant about the election of 1860?

• It was the first election with a female candidate

• It resulted in the immediate end of slavery

• Abraham Lincoln won without Southern support

• It was the first election with only two parties

What was the immediate result of Lincoln's election in 1860?

• The end of the Civil War

• The secession of Southern states

• The start of the Kansas-Nebraska Act

• The abolition of slavery